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Registered charity · Chislehurst

The Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £53k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
Where
Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Thailand and more
Website
drinkingfountains.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£53k£40k
  • 2024£50k£21k
  • 2023£46k£33k
Earlier years
  • 2022£44k£23k
  • 2021£39k£19k
Charitable objects

(1) TO PROMOTE THE PROVISION OF PURE DRINKING WATER FOR PEOPLE AND ANIMALS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS. (2) THE PRESERVATION OF THE ASSOCIATION'S DRINKING FOUNTAINS, CATTLE TROUGHS AND OTHER INSTALLATIONS

Board analysis for researchers

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

13.5y median 13.5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 8Overseas Aid/famine Relief 8Animals 6Environment/conservation/heritage 2

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£53k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
207743
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 20 JULY 1960 AS AMENDED 28 SEPTEMBER 1964 AND 19 JUNE 2008
Contact on the register
02084671261 · ralph.baber@drinkingfountains.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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